Locomotive ash-pan.



No. 838,740. PATENTED DEG. 18,1906. E. E. N ETTLETON.

LOGOMOTIVE ASH PAN.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1906.

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EDWARD E. NETTLETON, OFQUINTER, KANSAS.

LOCOMOTIVE ASH-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed January 5, 1906. Serial No. 294,777.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. NETTLE- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quinter, in the county of Grove and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive Ash- Pans, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction of locomotive ashpan by which ashes may be safely carried so long as required without any danger of dropping live ashes along the road, which will permit the ashes to be easily and quickly dumped and the dumping parts subsequently returned in an expeditious manner in their normal locked position, and which will embody'few and simple parts.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of an ash-pan embodying the improvements of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations showing the doors in the raised and lowered positions, respectively. Fig. 4 is a perspective View with one side of the pan broken away. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views illustrating the two different positions of the locking-rod. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view illustrating the joint between the abutting edges of the doors.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the sides of an ash-pan of a locomotive or traction-engine or the like, and 2 designates the doors that constitute the bottom portion of the ash-pan, said doors comprising tilting sections which are intended to be tilted or lowered so as to discharge the load of ashes. Each of the doors 2-is secured by rivets or the like along one edge to a preferably square shaft 3, which is so mounted in the sides of the ash-pan as to permit the opposite edge of the door to be lowered, so that the door will assume a vertical position, all of the said shafts 3 being provided at their ends with right-angle portions or cranks 4, connected together by links 5, so that they may be all simultaneously operated or rocked about their longitudinal axes to restore the extending underneath the next adjacent rod or shaft 3 and insuring that all of the main portions of all the doors shall lie flush with each other in the same horizontal plane, so as to produce a level floor for the ash-pan. The side edges 2 of the doors 2 are preferably flared upwardly where they contact with the sides of the ash-pan, so that the ashes will be kept out of contact as much as possible with the sides of the ash-pan, and to assist in this action the sides of the ash-pan are provided with shields 7, which are provided with outwardly-flared lower edges 7 extending over the flared edges 2 of the doors 2.

In order to support the doors in their normal horizontal and closed position, I provide locking-rods 8, which are mounted to turn about their longitudinal axes in the lower edges of the ash-pan 1 and which are provided at suitable intervals with lookingtongues 9 either integral therewith or securely fastened thereto. The number of these locking-tongues 9 correspond with the number-of tilting sections or doors 2, and they are so disposed with respect to the rod 8 which carries them that they contact with the outer angular edge formed by the downwardly and outwardly extending edge of the doors 2, bearing directly upon the point or edge of such portion. Hence they insure a tight joint, as they press the angular edge of one door tightly up against the square rod or shaft 3 of the adjacent door.

It is to be understood that the free edges of all of the doors are supported by means of this locking-rod 8 and its tongue 9, and for this purpose the said rod is provided at either or both ends, preferably both ends, with a handle or crank 10, by which it may be actuated, and in connection with said handle or handles 10 I provide apertured plates 11 secured to the ash-pan. Each plate 11 extends from the ash-pan in such a position that the corresponding handle 10 may be sprung thereover and be supported thereby, so as to prevent the rod 8 from being turned to allow the doors 2 to drop and dump their load, and as a means for fastening the crank or handle 10 in its locked position I have provided in the present instance a locking-pin 12 on a chain 13, secured to the handle 10. After the handle has been sprung upon the plate 11 it is evident that it may be held thereon by means of the pin 12, inserted through the aperture on said plate.

In the practical operation of my improved ash-pan with its dump mechanism the doors 2 are held, as before described, in their normal horizontal position flush with each other, so as to provide a smooth floor for the ashpan, and with their free angular edges pressed tightly in an upward direction against the rods or shafts 3 so as to secure a tight joint between the parts. When it is desired to dump the ashes that have accumulated on the floor of the ash-pan, it is only necessary to unlock the rods 8, whereupon the Weight of the doors and the load of ashes supported thereby will cause the doors to drop downwardly at one edge and push past the locking-tongues 9, thereby automatically discharging the load of ashes. To restore the doors to their normal closed position, the handle 6 is manipulated, and after the doors have been raised the handles 10 are looked, as before described, with the locking-tongues bearing against the edges of the angular portions of the free ends of the doors.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have provided an improved construction of ash-pan dump which embodies a tight oint between the doors, so that no live ashes will be dropped along the road, and which at the same time embodies means whereby the doors may be securely locked in their closed position and conveniently lowered to effectively discharge the load of ashes.

It is to be understood that the dumpingdoors 2 may be made of different widths, according to their location and the amount of clearance between the bottom of the ash-pan and the track.

The handle 6, by which the doors 2 are simultaneously closed, preferably projects at about an angle of forty-five degrees with respect to the door, so that the handle will be held in an elevated position as much as possible while the locomotive is running, and thereby clear the ground or track by a safe margin.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like, provided with a series of tilting doors, square shafts upon which said doors are designed to turn at one edge so as to discharge the load of ashes, each door being provided at its free edge with an angular portion extending downwardly and underneath the shaft of the next adjacent door, and means for pressing the free edge of each door upwardly against the shaft of the next adjacent door.

2. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like provided with a series of tilting doors, shafts carrying said doors at one edge and mounted to turn in the ash-pan whereby to raise and lower the opposite edges of said doors the said latter edges of the doors extending downwardly and outwardly underneath the shaft of the door next preceding and designed to contact with said shaft and maintain the upper surface of the doors flush with each other, and means for holding the free edges of the doors up against the said shafts.

3. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like, provided with a series of tilting doors, shafts carrying said doors at one edge and mounted to turn whereby to raise and lower the opposite edges of the doors, the latter edges of the doors extending downwardly and outwardly as specified, and one or more locking-rods mounted to turn in said ash-pan and provided with a series of locking-tongues each of which is located contiguous to and under the side of the other edge of a door and designed to bear against said edge whereby to press it up against the shaft of the next adjacent door, and means for holding said rod with its tongues pressing against the doors.

4. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like provided with a series of tilting doors having upper flared edges, and shields secured to the sides of the ashpan and having downwardlyflared edges extending over the upwardlyflared edges of the doors.

5. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like comprising a series of tilting doors hinged at one edge, one or more locking-rods provided with a series of locking-tongues designed to engage the free edges of the doors and hold them in raised position, and means for looking said rods whereby to support the doors in the raised position.

6. An ash-pan for locomotives or the like provided with a series of tilting doors hinged at one edge, one or more locking-rods mounted to turn about their longitudinal axes in the ash-pan and provided with a series of locking-tongues designed to take under and bear upwardly upon the free edges of the doors, said locking-tongues being located at intervals along the rods, one or more handles secured to said rods to turn the same, and means for locking said handle to the ash-pan whereby to prevent the rods from being turned.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD E. NETTLETON.

Witnesses:

DAVID H. HEOKMAN, F. S. SEssER. 

